Horse-releaser.



nw 9 oo oo 5 oo n P. P. MORR'ISSY. -HORSE RELBASBR. APPLIOATIVON FILED MAY'ZB, 1906.

PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

I l N [TED i STATES PATENT essieu.

PATRICK FRANCIS MORRISSY, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNO OF ONE-HALF TO EARL N. ELLIOTT, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

HORSE-RELEASER.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application filed May 22,1906. Serial No. 318,272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK FRANCIS MoRRrssY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Releasers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in so-termed horse releasers whereby the horses hitched in fire, police patrol, ambulance and similar quarters, can be released through their hitch-straps, automatically, on the soundingof an alarm or emergency call, the object be-r ing to provide a simple device at a moderate cost, and one that at all times will be absolutely practical and simply operative while not liable to become disarranged or worn through use.

The improvement is fullyillustrated in the accompanying drawings comprising four separatefigures, to which reference will be made in the description of the same which follows, and of which:

Figure, 1, shows the internal structure ofthe horsereleaser,-the cover of the same being removed for that purpose, the several operative parts being seen in the position they assume when the hook of the releaser's hooked over Athe ring of the tie-strap or otherwise, of the horse secured thereby. Fig. 2, is a vertical section of Fig., 1, taken approximately on the dotted line x-x,

showing the cover piece thereon and the whole secured in proper working position on a section of the horsestall. Fig., 3, shows the horse-releaser, with the cover ofthe same removed, exposing the internal mechanism, with the several parts in the position they assume when the hook is thrown open to release the ring of the tiestrap, or otherwise, by which the horse is secured, and: Fig., 4, is a vertical sectional view of Fig., 3, taken approximately on the line y-y, (shown dotted) with the cover piece in place, and the whole secured in proper working position on a section of the stall.

In the drawings similar gures for reference refer to similar parts.

Referring to Fig., l, a case or box l, is provided in which is carried the several parts which serve to operate the release. Preferably it is of circular form as being more symmetrical and compact, although other forms may be had if so desired. The box or case l, is provided on one side with a raised rim 2, which is stopped at the points 3, and 4, as seen in Figs., 1, and 3. On the outer side of the rim 2, rests a cover 5, (see Fig., 2,) which when in place covers and-protects the interior mechanism, and assists in forming a slot 6, in the periphery oi the box or case 1, the object oi which will be presently explained. Screws 7, seen in doted lines vin Figs., 2, and`4, serve to secure the box or case and the cover to each other and the whole to the side of the stall as seen in section at 8, in Figs., 2, and 4. Thesaid box or case 1, is extended at its rearward side into a fixed arm 9, which terminates in a hook 10, and is also provided with a stop-pin l1. The said box or case 1, is v further provided with a vertical slot l2, a central post 13, and an inside stop-pin 14. Holes l5, are provided through the raised rim 2, of said box or case l, which correspond with like holes formed through the cover 5, in which pass bolts or screws for fastening the whole together and securing it in the position as shown at any convenient point of thestall.

An arm 151, which terminates outwardly in a hook 16, is pivoted at the proper point on one side of the fixed arm 9, extended from the-box or caseV l. lts opposite end 17, is carried through the vertical slot 12, into the case 1, as shown in Figs., 2, and 4. An opening 18, is formed through the stall section 8, for the passage of the fixed arm 9, and the pivoted arm 151, the said'opening being of suicient size so it may not obstruct the action of the said pivote-d arm 151.

An actuating disk or tumbler 19, is carried in the box orcase 1, and it turns on the center post l3,referred to. It is upwardly extended through the slot 6, between the end points 3, and 4, of the rim 2, into v aliarm 20, tothe end of which is hooked or otherwise attached an operating cord 21, as shown in Figs., l, and 3. It also is `provided with a bearing edge 22, which, when the said tumbler 19, is in a position for release, passes directly under the end 17, of the pivoted lever 151. This bearing edge 22, is extended sufficiently so as to afford a locking point 25, near the bottom of the arm 20, of the tumbler 19, which, when the hook 16, of the pivoted arm 151, is shut against the l hook l0, of the fixed arm 9, will rest on the upper side of the inner end of the pivoted arm 151, and lock it in that position. It is also furnished with a curved slot 23, which is struck from the center-post 13, and in which is suitably fixed to the inside of the 'box or case 1, the stop-pin 14, referred to, and a spiral spring 24, one end of which bears against the upper terminal of said curved slot 23, and the other end against the said stop-pin 14, as clearly seen in Figs., 1, and 3.

As has. been mentioned it will be seen by referring to Figs., 2 and 4, that the cover-piece 5,-when in position on the rim 2, of the box or case l, and the whole fastened in place on the stalL-completely hides and protects the inside working parts of the box or case, so the cannot be tam ered with or otherwise disarranged .from their proper Working functions. i

In Fig., 2, the releaser is shown in the position the several parts assume when the hooks are holding the ring of the tie-strap of the horse. On the turning'in of an alarm or otherwise when instant release is required, the operator gives a quick pull on the operating cord 21, against the arm 20, of the tuinbler 19. This turns the said tumbler on the center-post 13, against the spiral spring 24, and at the same time the bearing edge 22, ofv said tumbler 19, throws up the inner end of the pivoted arm 151, against the stop-pin 11, arranged on the ixed arm 9, oi the case or box 1, opening the hook 16, away from the hook 10, of said fixed arm thus releasing the ring of the tie-strap or otherwise of the horse. On the release of the tension or pull on the said operating cord, the tendency oi the arm 20, of the tumbler 19, is to be thrown back to its original position through the influence of the spiral-spring 24, and of the end 17, of the pivoted arni 16, also to fall to its irst position. However, before the end 17, of said pivoted arm 16, can fall, itis wedged between one side of the vertical slot 12, of the box or case 1, in which it operates, and the corner oi the locking-point 25, of the tumbler 19, as plainly shown in Fig., 3. In this latter position the releaser may be lett, the hook 1G, being opened away from its fellow hook, ready for the insertion of the ring oi the tie-strap or otherwise of the horse which on being done the hook 16, is pressed by the lingers of the operator up and against the hook 10, oi the fixed arm 9, the tumbler' flying to its iirst position and locking the pivoted lever in place as described and once more the ring of the ,tie-strap or otherwise oi the horse is secured between the said hooks.

Having thus described the several parts of my iinprovement and their inode oi operation, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l, In a horse releaser a box or ease carigvini; a tixed arm having a stoppin and a hook, a movable arm pivoted on said tixed arm also having a hook, combined with a locking disk or tumbler carried in said box or ease and having an opening to receive the end ot said pivoted arm and a slot, a spiral springl carried in said slot between the sides of said box or ease adapted tio throw said Ioeking disk or tumbler into action with the end of id lnovable arm, and means for operating said disk or tumbler eonvcrsely, and a cover on said box or ease substantially constructed and arranged in the manner and tor the purpose herein described and shown.

2. In a horse releaser a box or ease earrying a arm having a stop-pin and a hook, a rim extending a portion of said box or ease, a central post and stoppin, combined with a movable arm pivoted on said iixed arm and also having a hook at one end the other end heilig extended into said box or ease, a locking disk or tumbler carried in said box or ease on said central post of the saine and having an opening adapted to receive said extended end of said pivoted arm and an upwardly extended arm having a bearing edge or looking point', said locking disk or tumbler provided with a slot: in which the inside stop-pin travels, a spiral spring disposed in said slot between one end thereof and the inside stop-pin, and a cover-piece for the said box or ease with means i'or securing the whole together in working place, substantially constructed and arranged in the manner and tor the purpose herein speeilied and shown.

In testimony whereof l atlx my signature, in preseneo of'two subscribing witnesses.

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around an inside PATRICK NRANUIS MORRISSY, Witnesses CLARENCE G. Emaor'r, linaxi: R. RA'rIIBUN.

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